Snow report Roof tile, 03/30/2019

Snow condition

The snow conditions are still ok, but not gigantic either. At lower altitudes, a lot of snow, or all of it, has already thawed, which is of course less of a problem at the rather high Planneralm, but you don't really need to go to tour starts below 1000 m in the Niedere Tauern anymore. the higher you get, the more the snow increases at first, with most of it generally lying around the tree line. Above that, the picture is divided into two parts. Individual, heavily snow-covered slopes have a very thick blanket of snow and are sometimes crowned by huge cornices. However, most of the slopes don't really have much snow, as some of them have been constantly blown away or have already gone down as snow slabs in January, or as wet snow avalanches in the course of February or March, which means that the touring options are noticeably limited, which is why 2 stars would be justifiable given the snow conditions.

Snow quality

The firn slope I was actually aiming for had practically slipped away completely (probably during the last rain event), and I didn't dare go next to it due to the overgrowth. But the north side was actually quite ok, about 10cm of fresh snow on a crust, which you rarely felt when skiing fast. Actually, I would rather go on firn, but here it definitely pays to know the current conditions.

I would consider it relaxed. The soft snow is well set, otherwise just pay attention to the daytime, spring conditions prevail.

Overall impression

Well, it was another day with a bit of a schedule, but it was still okay.